Components and Architectural

Curious about fhe AMP. What’s holding me of so far is the price tag. Got 2 top end Dynaudio Audience 72 SE speakers which are standing idle. Running 2 Play 5 (1st gen) in the living room, setup as a stereo pair (one Play 5 wired to my router), as well as a Beam. Using the AMP could I add the Dynaudio speakers (wired to the AMP) to the Play 5 speakers, thus running a seamless 4 speaker (2 Play 5 + 2 Dynaudio) configuration? Anything I should be made aware of? Possible constraints of such setup? Thks

I’m planning on buying the Sonos Amp and to drive my old Amphion Helium 520 floorstanders (4ohms) with it.   The Sonos Amp manual states: “Your speakers’ power rating should be at least 125W for 8 ohm speakers, and at least 200W for 4 ohm speakers.” My speakers’ power recommendation is 10 to 150W so how should I interpret the power rating of 200w for 4ohm speakers? Will the Amp work with the speakers?   Thanks!

This conversation deals with Stand-a-Lone Routers and not Mesh Networks which involve a Main Node and one or more satellites positioned throughout your home. Mesh Networks are becoming increasingly popular; but require additional setup steps versus a stand-alone router. That said...let’s begin… Routers are becoming more sophisticated year over year and promising faster speeds and more features.  In terms of connectivity over Wi-Fi you have 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac and now ax which promises speeds approaching 10GB over Wi-Fi. Wow...that’s fast!! Dual Band routers with a single 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz band are the most common. Tri-Band routers are increasing in popularity having a single 2.4Ghz band and two 5Ghz bands. Other features that are being touted and listed in no particular order are: Guest Networking Parental Controls WPA2 and now WPA3  (Security protocols) Wireless on/off button WPS (Wi-fi Protected Setup for client devices that support it) Detachable Antennae (some routers look like insects

I’ve just set up my new Beam and the left and right channels are reversed.  I didn’t notice until i played Bohemian Rhapsody on YouTube (via Sky Q receiver) and the voices are coming from the wrong channels.  I have the Beam connected to the ARC HDMI.  Any way i can reverse these?  

Sonos have recently started a trade in promotion in the UK with partnered retailers where you can trade in a Connect or Connect:AMP and receive a 'specified' discount off of a new Sonos AMP. They then modified the trade in promotion to be where you can trade in any Connect, Connect: AMP or (old gen) Play:5 for 30% any new Sonos product. I get that they are trying to sell more +/ new products but then contributing a massive amount to electrical waste. In their T&C's that they send to retailers they give a £15 credit (recycling fee) for the disposal of the old product. The old product is to strictly not be used or re-registered again or the retailer will be punished or loose their partnership.  I think it's disgusting that Sonos are playing a huge role in generating unnecessary waste. All these units are perfectly fine and working but are to be disposed of for no reason other than that Sonos want to make money. Yes Sonos are giving a £15 credit for recycling but retailers won't and a

I have a zp90 and zp120 that I had set up in my old house  that used to be used in conjunction with the BR 100 ridge unit until it failed. Is there a way of setting up the zp120 and zp90 without the bridge unit? also, does the zp units have wireless / Bluetooth capabilities to connect to speakers? I am trying to recommission the system in time for a party in a couple of weeks and would appreciate some guidance on this please. many thanks Michael

I have 2 connect amps , one works with Line In , the other permanently says Disconnected under the Line In option unders Systems on the Sonos app

I have a traditional HiFi system with three sources, eg record deck with dedicated phono stage, CD, and radio all connected to an integrated amplifier and out to a pair of speakers. I am correct that the Sonos Amp and Port are only capable of connecting to one of my three sources at a time and therefore neither Amp or Port can replace my integrated Amp.

Hi all, i am about to buy a sonos Amp. With the setup below, to replace my Sonos Beam / Sonos Sub / HT setup. Sonos AMP connected to the TV SVS subwoofer connected to the Sonos AMP, Wharfedale floor standing speakers connected to the Sonos AMP, 2 x Play 1’s in the rear for surround (wirelessly connected to the Sonos AMP). In the hope that i would have a better Bass response, full sound (from the Wharfedales) however, there are a few threads and posts where people are saying that they are having some issues with 3rd party subwoofer and the sonos Amp. Whether it is a loss in power, weak signal, not getting a signal, etc. I really don’t want to spend $1k and then regret it. Is there any one who have a Sonos Amp and a 3rd party subwoofer and 3rd party speakers who absolutely love it and produce awesome sound that you would highly recommend this product ?

Technician instructed me to purchase Sonos Amp and a separate 8-channel speaker selector for the 8 built-in speakers in my home. I also have 2 Sonos Ones in other rooms. When a different technician came to set up everything, he did it totally different from what the first guy told us, and even when questioned, he just said he didn’t know why the first guy told me that, and basically had no answers. He grouped all of my built-in speakers during the Sonos Amp setup process, and I cannot figure out how to change them. Can that even be undone without starting all over?  They are labeled as 4 separate pairs on the channel selector, but not in the App or the PC Controller. I am hoping there is a simple way to do that on my own without having to schedule another appointment and pay again. Thank you.

Hi,    I just setup my port with existing Sonos speakers, but within my system menu, the port is in a separate group with no speakers and then there is another group with all the speakers and no port. Is that how it should be, or should my port be in the same group as the rest of my speakers

I'm wanting to do the following: Take an Apple TV and connect it to a J-Tech Digital HDMI Splitter 1x2 and take 1 HDMI out from the splitter to my projector for video and the second HDMI out from the splitter to a Beam for audio. Would you foresee any issues? J-Tech Splitter: https://www.jtechdigital.com/j-tech-digital-scaler-multi-resolution-output-mro-18gbps-1x2-hdmi-2-0-splitter-hdr10-dolby-vision-4kat60hz-4-4-4-jtech-18gsp12m.html

Hello there  I’m a happy Beam owner, who was hoping to connect a wireless vinyl turntable and listen to my old albums. But it looks like there’s a problem - the Ion Air LP turntable I’ve been bought uses Bluetooth and is therefore incompatible with Sonos. Is there a way around that?   Can I connect a Bluetooth wireless turntable to Sonos in any way?  Thanks in advance! And Merry Christmas too...  

I’m hoping someone can help me understand what is happening when Sonos Connect is connected to my preamp via optical input to my preamp, which also has a DAC. Does the optical connection bypass the DAC in the Connect? Or does the conversion happen in the Connect? I’m trying to figure out if the DAC in the preamp then does additional conversion, or if it does nothing because it is seeing an analogue signal that doesn’t need conversion? I’m fine with the DAC in the Sonos, but the reality is my preamp has one also. I’m not sure how to think about what might be the best way to connect the devices to avoid having to go through the conversion twice (or if that even matters). Many thanks for the education.

Hi!   I have connected a soundbar to the PORT with coaxial cable, and I just wonder if I can connect another set of speakers to the PORT with RCA cable and have them with sound comes out simultaneously with the soundbar? Or I can connect speakers with either the coaxial digital out or AV OUT (with RCA cable)?

Hi!   Just would like to ask the experts here if it is workable to connect the Chromecast Audio to the AUX IN of SONOS PORT in order to stream the audio that sending from the devices like mobile phone, tablets and PC etc. to all SONOS speakers in the same wifi network? For example some music streaming services that are not integrated to SONOS but chromecast compatible…   Thanks in advance!!  

Hi folks, I’m reaching out to try to prevent me making another expensive error! I’m a long term Sonos user and have 4xPlay 1’s 2 Play 5’s 1x Soundbar and 2x Connects. My music library is all NAS based and generally works well. I had until recently a Connect/HiFi separate amplifier combination in my study for use with the PC. This worked well for a long time until the connect died  and the hifi amp had been crackling for a while in one channel so I rashly purchased a Sonos Amp (the white one)  I posted previously about this, but suffice to say it didn’t meet my requirements as I had failed to realise that the Amp injected the same buffering delay into everything it played back even it there is no remote playing/synchronisation going on. So what I’ve had to do is rig up a separate cheapo amp and a speaker switch box in the study so that I can use the Sonos AMP alongside the PC with the same set of speakers - this has to say the lease caused me constant irritation  - mainly with myself fo

Hi.  I have a new Sonos AMP connected to 2 pairs of speakers with a volume control for each pair.  My preference would be to have the AMP set to a fixed volume (max) and use the seperate volume controls for control.  I know the fixed level is an option on the connect - is it possible on the Sonos AMP?

Hi everybody.   I have a Marantz PM6006 amp that I use with a turntable and a pair of speakers and I bought a Sonos Connect. I want to play the vinyl discs in multiroom, but also play the liquid music on the speakers. http://m.us.marantz.com/us/mobile/Products/Pages/ProductDetails.aspx?CatId=HiFiComponents&SubCatId=&ProductId=PM6006 I understand that the only way to send the audio signal from amp to Connect is using the RECORDER AUDIO OUT with a RCA cable to the ANALOG AUDIO IN Am I right? To do the opposite (play the music from Connect to the speakers, through the amp), I have 3 options: RCA from ANALOG AUDIO OUT OPTICAL from DIGITAL AUDIO OUT COAX from DIGITAL AUDIO OUT Which one is the best choice? My choice would be COAX, because I expect the DAC of PM6006 performs better than the DAC of Connect. I would not use optical, to avoid the double conversion: digital-optical-digital What do you think?

Compatible headphones for Sonos.

Hi evryoine,   As you can see in the image below I still have a quite old bose acoustimass 20 system. I bought the sonos amp in order to have my Bose boxes in a network. Can I replace the bose music center (right module in the pic below) with sonos amp the same way: connecting to output speaker sonos amp ? If not is there another way to integrate the bose acoustimass woofer using the sonos amp ? Or other possibilities ? Thx very much for your answer(s) !                          

Does anyone know how to connect the original bridge to a gen1 device?  Sonos “support does not seem to have this info anywhere (but there is lots of information about buying new stuff)   Sonos was cutting edge and awesome when it came out.  Then came the “upgrades”

I have a Russound A-H484 Multi-Source Multi-Zone Hub. I recently purchased a Sonos Amp, and have the speakers in the room directly connected. Works fine. I would like to connect the Sonos as a ‘source’ to the hub as to leverage the 2 external rooms via the CAT-5 and their own separate amps.  Is there a way to treat the Sonos Amp as a source to plug into #1 below, thereby then sending signal to the other two channels? (proposed with the dotted red lines). The goal would be to send signals to the 2 external channels. IMAGE ATTACHED FOR CLARITY. SONOS AMP TO RUSSOUND A-484 HUB     

Hello Sonos universe - I bought a playbase a few months ago. Love the sound, quality and design. Only problem is that I moved 2 weeks ago and the new room layout is making it a real challenge to keep the playbase. The playbar now makes a lot more sense from a space perspective, so I am wondering if there may be any opportunity to trade units if someone is in a similar but opposite scenario. I know its a long shot but looking at what options are out there. Thank you!

Is it possible to use two Sonos Port in the same network? Can i install a network cable into the wireless routers lan port from one Sonos Port (1) and install a network cable from Sonos Port (1) to the other Sonos Port (2) lan port? I want to connect two coaxial digital out into tow different dac?